Lee Marvin 1924 - Actor ("The Caine Mutiny", "The Dirty Dozen", "Delta Force")
- 1846 - The formal transfer of government between Texas and the United States took place. Texas had officially become a state on December 29, 1845.
- 1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player (the phonograph).
- 1942 - U.S. President Roosevelt signed an executive order giving the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans.
- 1942 - Approximately 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin.
- 1945 - During World War II, about 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima.
- 1981 - The U.S. State Department call El Savador a "textbook case" of a Communist plot.
- 1985 - Mickey Mouse was welcomed to China as part of the 30th anniversary of Disneyland. The touring mouse played 30 cities in 30 days.
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